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"I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" is a Christian hymn that originated in Assam, India. According to P. Job, the lyrics are based on the last words of Nokseng, a Garo man, a tribe from Meghalaya which then was in Assam, who converted to Christianity in the middle of the 19th century through the efforts of an American Baptist missionary. He is said to have recited verses from the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of John as he and his family were killed. The formation of the martyr's words into a hymn has been attributed to the Indian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh.

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  • "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" is a Christian hymn that originated in Assam, India. According to P. Job, the lyrics are based on the last words of Nokseng, a Garo man, a tribe from Meghalaya which then was in Assam, who converted to Christianity in the middle of the 19th century through the efforts of an American Baptist missionary. He is said to have recited verses from the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of John as he and his family were killed. The formation of the martyr's words into a hymn has been attributed to the Indian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh. An alternative tradition attributes the hymn to pastor Simon K Marak from Jorhat, Assam. The melody of the song is Indian, and was titled "Assam" after the region where the text originated. An American hymn editor, William Jensen Reynolds, composed an arrangement which was included in the 1959 Assembly Songbook. His version became a regular feature of Billy Graham's evangelistic meetings in America and elsewhere, spreading its popularity. Due to the lyrics' explicit focus on the believer's own commitment, the hymn is cited as a prime example of decision theology, emphasizing the human response rather than the action of God in giving faith. This has led to its exclusion from some hymnals. A Lutheran writer noted, "It definitely has a different meaning when we sing it than it did for the person who composed it." (en)
  • Jag har beslutat att följa Jesus är en folklig så kallad spiritualsång, som i en del källor sägs ha indiskt ursprung och i andra engelskt. Ursprungstiteln är I have decided to follow Jesus. Psalmen översattes 1967 till svenska av Larseric Janson (född 1923) som var vice VD i Dagengruppen och IBRA Radios direktör. Den är använd världen över i samband med dop och företrädesvis inom den baptistiska pingströrelsen. Den infördes dock inte till Sverige och de svenska sångböckerna förrän med Jansons översättning. Den svenska översättningen från 1967 är belagd med upphovsrättligt skydd. Men melodin med den engelska texten är tillgänglig på den externa melodilänken. (sv)
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  • Based on an Indian folk song (en)
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  • I Have Decided to Follow Jesus (en)
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  • "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" is a Christian hymn that originated in Assam, India. According to P. Job, the lyrics are based on the last words of Nokseng, a Garo man, a tribe from Meghalaya which then was in Assam, who converted to Christianity in the middle of the 19th century through the efforts of an American Baptist missionary. He is said to have recited verses from the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of John as he and his family were killed. The formation of the martyr's words into a hymn has been attributed to the Indian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh. (en)
  • Jag har beslutat att följa Jesus är en folklig så kallad spiritualsång, som i en del källor sägs ha indiskt ursprung och i andra engelskt. Ursprungstiteln är I have decided to follow Jesus. Psalmen översattes 1967 till svenska av Larseric Janson (född 1923) som var vice VD i Dagengruppen och IBRA Radios direktör. Den är använd världen över i samband med dop och företrädesvis inom den baptistiska pingströrelsen. Den infördes dock inte till Sverige och de svenska sångböckerna förrän med Jansons översättning. (sv)
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  • I Have Decided to Follow Jesus (en)
  • Jag har beslutat att följa Jesus (sv)
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